The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).
12. Reconstruction
Presidential and Radical Reconstruction
Southern state governments: aspirations, achievements, failures
Role of African Americans in politics, education, and the economy
Compromise of 1877
Impact of Reconstruction
13. The Origins of the New South
Reconfiguration of southern agriculture: sharecropping and crop lien system
Expansion of manufacturing and industrialization
The politics of segregation: Jim Crow and disfranchisement
Kennedy Chapters for this Segment
Chapter 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction (pages 477-499)
The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).
12. Reconstruction
13. The Origins of the New South
Kennedy Chapters for this Segment
The "New York" Quiz Questions for this section
Kennedy Exam Multiple Choice Questions for this section
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